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I have been smoke free for 1 year 1 month and 14 days and am damn proud of every moment of that time and still carrying my mental balloons around with me ? I notice we have a lot of new quitters and I thought if I shared a post I made on another site when I was around the 3 week mark, it might help you to see, we all go through the mill and, yes, we do come out the other end and much stronger people too.. Just hang on in there and keep pushing forward.. ? I am writing this firstly in the hope it might help to give somebody else out there a wee bit of extra strength that might be or is going through something similar as it (demon nic) ups it's game when u are at your most vulnerable and secondly when it happens to me again (as I'm sure it will) I can read this back and know I am stronger today as I have beaten my worst and I believe nothing else the demon nic has to throw at me will be as strong because the stronger I get the weaker it gets. So I was out clothes shopping with my teenage daughter. 3 hours of yeah, maybe, mmmm, not sure, I'll try that again (for the 100th time) and maybees ayes maybees naws, only to walk out yet another shop with nothing. At that point all I kept thinking was time for a coffee and a puff I NEED it (puff that is coffee was an optional extra). The thoughts were quite strong but instead I chain sooked my fisherman's friends. I had got past it or so I thought until we got to the supermarket, picking up the rest of my clan on route. Looking for some idea's I ask "what shall I do for dinner tonight" no reply, I ask again, again and again still nothing from anybody. All got their faces in their blinking phones (including hubby). I'm invisible!! (nothing new there) I can feel my anger building at same time my stress levels already raised now going through the roof and that wee demon voice I had put to the back of the bus was not so wee now and was right up the front SCREAMING in my face "you need a puff it's the only way you're going to calm down, you know it is" . I say one last time in a very shaky voice ideas for dinner the answer I got back was.. dunno... That was it, I lost it. Dropped the basket told them to sort it themselves(that is the polite version?) and ran. I agreed with the voice I really did need that puff I would commit murder otherwise. I was running straight for the cigarette kiosk I had my eyes fixed on it, hand on purse I got there but didn't stop, instead I ran straight past and into the toilets and locked myself in and sat there shaking, crying and wondering what the hell had just happened to me. After a wee bit I realised the demon voice was at the back of bus again. I still don't know what got me behind that locked door and stopped me buying puffs but I'm so grateful I didn't. Today I feel okay again but it has taught me not to let my guard down and to take this minute by minute, hour by hour as last few days I had been feeling really strong, totally beating this thing then, WALLOP my demon hit me like a ton of bricks. I also notice that the urge/need to have a puff was over pretty quickly. I know this as to my surprise there wasn't a queue when I came out the toilet and it only has 3 cubicles !! Most importantly I would have been totally gutted and disgusted with myself had I followed that voice and caved in.. I'm now 24 days smoke free and I'll just keep plodding on one day at a time That day was a turning point for me, I knew I could do this. Don't get me wrong there were plenty of battles ahead but each one had less power than the one before.. I'm not special and hand on heart, never truely believed I could do this.. So if I can do it so can you.. Just keep pushing forward, it does get easier and so much better. I absolutely love being a non smoker. I am around people who smoke every day and the only thing I feel is pitty for them....

It's my birthday!! Please, have a drink...OPEN BAR! And, some snacks...we will have cake later!! Right now, I'm trying to work out entertainment but.... ...not looking good.

NOPE!!!! Not on Sundays.

Gday NOPE as well C

That happened about a week before I joined QSMB because at that point I realised I needed all the help I could get..?

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I'm here...? And.. Was born if February and unplanned but undeniably by far the best month.. Just not sure what the crack was the previous May?

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So glad you shared this fluffy, thank you

Jo, have not been able to get through to her yet!!! Update at 11:55 am - she and her family (husband and 3 kids) are OK...no other details yet! ? Johnny, glad you made it through OK...looks like quite a mess down there....

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Headed to Mexico end of month. I can say it was for the six years, but really just a trip we got invited to. Love cruises but this is our first all inclusive resort. 24th was just another day at work six years ago...nothing special. Didn't even plan on quiting until half way through the morning and halfway through a smoke. Didn't even finish it. Threw it out the car window and started NOPE an hour later. Subway sandwich was first reward for making it two hours....

Happy birthday

Where I'm at, Raleigh, NC, was originally in the direct path but now it is on the edge of the storm. We've gotten a decent amount of rain and my power has been out of a little over a day but things are not bad compared to many more directly impacted by the storm. There has been 20 + inches of rain (with more on the way) in places not very far south and east of here (Wilmington, New Bern, and South Carolina is now in the path). Things aren't too bad here but the images in the below links aren't very far from me. Wilmington NC damage https://www.wral.com/weather/hurricanes/image_gallery/17841138/ New Bern NC damage https://www.wral.com/weather/hurricanes/image_gallery/17841433/ Other NC damage https://www.wral.com/weather/hurricanes/image_gallery/17843759/ CNN Coverage: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/weather/gallery/hurricane-florence/index.html Prayers to everyone impacted by this big, slow moving storm.

Stanford Medicine Learning Objectives Obtain accurate knowledge about pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) and how they are made to work like a cigarette Identify marketing strategies employed by pod-based system manufacturers (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) to attract new customers Learn about the effects that nicotine in pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) has on the adolescent body and brain Identify specific marketing strategies that the pod-based system manufacturers (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) use that may increase use among adolescents Understand the appeal of pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) among adolescents in order to counter the appeal Teachers should go through each unit and download the PowerPoint for class presentation. Teachers should also download the accompanying activities for in-class activities. Speakers' notes are embedded in the PowerPoint. Activities are meant to be printed for students before class begins. Each Unit has a Kahoot! Quiz linked below and can be used as a pre and post quiz to see how much students know before and after instruction. Discussion Guides found below can be assigned as take-home assignments. Click on link for all the instructional materials https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit/E-Cigs/ECigUnit6.html

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So sad when we are virtually helpless to protect ourselves and our property from these events. It's such a personal invasion when weather decides indiscriminately who will be punished and who will be spared. Scary stuff - wishing all in the Carolina's the very best!

NOPE.... not on Sunday ?

I'm glad people take the time to post things like this because every one of them is so important!

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Happy Birthday, Jane ! Celebrate wildly ! I'll bring the band

Happy Birthday you super cool September kid you.... we are the finest breed.... Oh and I have your entertainment covered... I think?

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I agree ...thank you ...I'm sure it will help the newbies and the lurkers... We all started from day one onwards... Well done fluffy ...

Happy Birthday Jane, you throw a GREAT party ??

Glad your safe @johnny5 ... hope you don't get to much more rain, or run off. @Rozuki is your niece and her family in Wilmington ok?

Congratulations Avian!!!!! Many thanks - you have always been a huge inspiration to me (and countless others)!

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Thank you Jo and everyone! If someone had not reminded me yesterday that it has been 8 years since I quit smoking, I probably would have forgotten all about it. NOT!! Until dementia sets in I will never forget the day I chose to, at least try, to quit smoking and it became a success. I can NEVER forget such an accomplishment. I will never forget the first day where I was so scared and went from minute to minute consumed with the thought that I will never smoke again. How was I going to do everyday tasks, drink coffee or wine, have a good meal, have interesting conversations, have fun, reward myself for a job well done, deal with stress, all without a cigarette being involved? OMG what if somebody close to me died? I would for sure have to smoke then. Everything that could have gone wrong the first few weeks did go wrong, including a loved ones death, but as difficult as it was, I fought through the urges. I didn't complicate it. Each time I had an urge to smoke, I would stop what I was doing, tell myself "smoking is not an option, now get on with life" and continue with whatever I was doing. I must have told myself that thousands of times. It was something that really helped me. It is so worth all the difficulties you have to go through to be free from cigarettes. Everyone's timeline is different, but you will gradually get to a point where you realize you are no longer fighting the addiction, take a deep breath and settle in to a comfortable non smoker's life. AND each year it gets even better.

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